[syslog-ng] syslog-ng 1.3.7/Solaris 2.7

[Balazs Scheidler]

>    don't know if I'm doing something stupid here, or if I'm missing
> something, but here goes..
> I have been running 1.3.6 successfully on Solaris 2.7 as a central
> logging solution, but I upgraded to 1.3.7 to check the new DNS
> functionality, and ran into some name resolution problems.
> I added the use_dns(yes) and use_fqdn(no) options to the options section
> 
> of the configuration file, but my logfiles were still being created with
> 
> <facility>.log.<ip_address> rather than <facility>.log.<hostname>, as
> had previously been the case with 1.3.6.  I also tried removing the
> long_hostnames option in case it was conflicting with the new DNS code,
> but to no avail.
> 
> I used the same version of libol for both, as no changes seem to have
> been made to the libs (0.2.8., Dec 3).
> 
> Am I missing something, or has anyone else noticed this behaviour?
> Maybe something to do with the Solaris 7 resolver?

I've fixed these problems, and will release 1.3.8 shortly. The meaning of
use_dns was reverted, and if IP addresses are used an additional \0 byte is
added to each logline.

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